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No Amnesty For Those Charged Under Referendum Act
BANGKOK — A junta spokesman Monday ruled out amnesty for those arrested under the now-defunct law that effectively criminalized any dissent to the constitution put to vote and passed yesterday.
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Separatist Violence Surged as Thailand Voted
BANGKOK — While Sunday’s charter referendum unfolded peacefully through the rest of the country, the three southern border provinces were hit by a spree of bombings and arson attacks bearing the...
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A Survival Guide for Bangkok Pokemon Go Trainers
BANGKOK — Since the global obsession that is Pokemon Go arrived Saturday in fad-prone Thailand, players have been out in droves in parks, plazas and malls. It’s double the trouble for players in...
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Fourth Day of Hunger Strike For Jailed Referendum Activist
KHON KAEN — An activist imprisoned for handing out leaflets on the eve of the charter referendum remained on a hunger strike Wednesday to protest his arrest and a raid of his family home by police.
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Model Files Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Her Naked
BANGKOK — A woman caught having sex with another’s boyfriend and subsequently humiliated in a now-viral video has filed a criminal charge over the matter. Saranya Sae-han, 24, asked police Monday to...
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Hotel Worker Arrested For Turning Blind Eye to Deadly Sexual Assault
BANGKOK — Police have accused a hotel receptionist who allegedly stood by and did nothing as an accessory to the death of a 19-year-old student brought unconscious to the hotel, where she was raped...
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Police Intercept Submachine Gun Bound for Deep South
UDON THANI — A businessman from the northeast is under investigation for trying to mail a submachine gun to an associate in Songkhla province, where Muslim separatists have battled security forces for...
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One Killed, At Least 12 Injured in Hua Hin Explosions
HUA HIN — Twin explosions hit major tourist destinations in the resort town of Hua Hin shortly before midnight, injuring at least 12 people, including 4 who are in critical condition, police said.
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Two Tourists Drown Off Koh Chang
TRAT — A German man and a British woman drowned over the weekend in rough seas off of Koh Chang.
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Cops Offer 200,000 Baht Bounty For Leads on Bombers
BANGKOK — Police offered a 200,000 baht reward for anyone with information about the perpetrators of a deadly bombing and arson spree over the Mother’s Day holiday.
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Claiming Insanity, Fatal Crash Suspect Jenphop Wants Trial Shelved
AYUTTHAYA — A businessman charged with killing two graduate students with his Mercedes-Benz in March could not make his first court appearance Monday due to a mental breakdown, his lawyer told the court.
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Phuket Bombing Suspect Tied to Southern Insurgency, Police Say
BANGKOK — Police announced Tuesday they are seeking a man believed to have planted an unexploded firebomb in Phuket province prior to the spree of bomb attacks that rocked southern Thailand.
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Top Police Investigator Scolds Officers, Suggests Military Arrested Wrong Guy
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Confident assertions a Chiang Mai native in military custody was behind one of the Mother’s Day attacks unraveled Tuesday with the top police investigator backing off from the...
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All Mother’s Day Bombing Suspects Will be Tried by Military
BANGKOK — Any suspects arrested in connection to the Mother’s Day bomb and arson attacks will be tried by the military, the top police investigator in the case said Wednesday.
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Bombings Won’t Stall Peace Talks, Army Says
BANGKOK — Despite the recent coordinated attacks across seven southern provinces, the Royal Thai Army says it is committed to a peace dialogue with the separatist movement thought by many to be behind...
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Bouncers Beat Up British Tourists on Khaosan Road (Video)
BANGKOK — Two guards working for a nightclub in a popular backpacker destination lost their jobs for kicking and beating two British men.
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Separatists ‘Crossed Rubicon’ With Attacks, May Escalate: Expert
BANGKOK — Southern insurgents were behind the recent attacks that killed four people and will escalate their campaign of terror if the military government continues to ignore their existence, an...
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Army Backtracks on Claims of Elderly Terror Suspects’ Link to Bomb Attacks
BANGKOK — Despite its previous statement to the media, the military now says 15 people under arrest for allegedly plotting insurrection against the state had nothing to do with the bomb attacks in the...
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Here’s Why Experts Believe BRN Was Behind Attacks
BANGKOK — A number of security analysts said the evidence now suggests beyond a reasonable doubt that insurgents fighting for independence in the Deep South were behind the bomb attacks in southern...
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Oil Rig Worker Freed But Still Faces Charges
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A 32-year-old Chiang Mai man accused of participating in the wave of terror attacks in southern Thailand last week has been released from military custody, police said Friday.
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